Litigation

Rob Weiner has significant experience as a trial lawyer, appellate advocate and legal strategist in complex litigation. He is skilled in developing creative legal approaches to bring cases to a quick, cheap and successful resolution. Mr. Weiner’s long experience representing business and sovereign clients in litigation, and his three tours of duty as a government lawyer, have honed his ability to deal with the regulatory, tactical, and constitutional issues arising when the federal government is or may become a party in litigation. From 2010-12, Mr. Weiner was Associate Deputy Attorney General at the US Department of Justice, where his principal responsibility was to oversee the defense of the Affordable Care Act. He also handled sensitive negotiations with a foreign government involving bank secrecy, and dealt with or headed off difficult issues across the range of the Department’s matters. Mr. Weiner also has served as Senior Counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office, and as an Associate Independent Counsel.

At Arnold & Porter, Mr. Weiner has litigated major administrative and constitutional cases, served as national coordinating and trial counsel in product liability and toxic tort cases; represented clients in media-intensive Congressional regulatory, criminal and disciplinary investigations, and was lead counsel for the State of Israel in litigation involving national security policies. In addition, clients frequently seek him out to author briefs in the US Supreme Court and other forums.

Litigation Representative Matters

Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc. Litigated in the District Court this First Amendment challenge to a Vermont law restricting pharmaceutical marketing and prevailed before the Court of Appeals in a ruling the Supreme Court affirmed.

Doev. State of Israel. As lead counsel for client Israel, obtained dismissal of suit against Israel that attacked national security policies.

Belhasv. Ya'alon. As lead counsel for former chief of staff of Israeli Defense Force, obtained dismissal of suit attacking Israeli response to terrorist assaults.

Cogdellv. Wyeth Inc. Argued and won appeal for Wyeth on removal jurisdiction in the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Advised September 11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorism) on issues dealing with privileges and investigative authority.

Shoenbaum v.Monsanto Inc. Represented Monsanto, Inc. in antitrust class actions pending in US District Court for Eastern District of Missouri.

Filed amicus briefs for the Product Liability Advisory Council in the US Supreme Court as well as the US Courts of Appeal for the 2d, 3d, 6th, and 8th Circuits, and for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the National Women's Law Center, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (in the Arthur Andersen case in the US Supreme Court), Former Judges and Justice Department Officials, Police Chiefs, Legal Historians, and the Health Insurance Association in the US Supreme Court.

Representative Matters

Rankings

The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers 2006-2010

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